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	<title type="text">Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog &#187; Microsoft</title>
	<subtitle type="text">News and views from a Software Architect and Web Entrepreneur on Java, PHP and Web 2.0 Technologies.</subtitle>

	<updated>2009-10-11T17:57:52Z</updated>
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			<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Joelle Tessler</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Technology, telecommunications industries prepare for stepped up antitrust oversight]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/technology-telecommunications-industries-prepare-for-stepped-up-antitrust-oversight/</id>
		<updated>2009-10-08T22:51:21Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-08T22:51:21Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Apple" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Yahoo" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Communication Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology Issues" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology Law And Ethics" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Washington" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Tech industry braces for more antitrust scrutiny
WASHINGTON — After eight years of light antitrust scrutiny under a Republican White House, the technology and telecommunications industries are bracing for stepped up oversight by the Obama administration's Justice Department.

Christine Varney, the head of the department's antitrust division, vowed in a May speech that her office will take [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Larry Neumeister</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Federal judge sets deadline for amended deal in Google&#8217;s battle over digital book rights]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/federal-judge-sets-deadline-for-amended-deal-in-googles-battle-over-digital-book-rights/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/federal-judge-sets-deadline-for-amended-deal-in-googles-battle-over-digital-book-rights/</id>
		<updated>2009-10-07T23:43:28Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-07T21:33:18Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Politics" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Yahoo" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Government Regulations" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Industry Regulation" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="New York" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Products And Services" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Judge sets deadline for amended Google book deal
NEW YORK — A federal judge set a Nov. 9 deadline Wednesday for submission of a revised agreement in the battle over Google Inc.'s effort to get digital rights to millions of out-of-print books. Then the debate over the fairness of the plan will resume.

U.S. District Judge Denny [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jessica Mintz</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Microsoft looks close to settling EU browser case, prepares to smooth way for Yahoo deal]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-looks-close-to-settling-eu-browser-case-prepares-to-smooth-way-for-yahoo-deal/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-looks-close-to-settling-eu-browser-case-prepares-to-smooth-way-for-yahoo-deal/</id>
		<updated>2009-10-07T21:01:43Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-07T21:01:43Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Browser" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Dell" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Firefox" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Internet Explorer" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Politics" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Vista" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Yahoo" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computer Hardware" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computing And Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Europe" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Government Regulations" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Industry Regulation" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Industry Standards" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Redmond" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Washington" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[EU finally about to settle Microsoft browser case
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp., which has already shelled out $2.5 billion in antitrust fines in Europe, is on the brink of closing a chapter in its long-running battle with regulators there, just in time for another to begin.

European regulators said Wednesday they were preparing to settle their [...]]]></summary>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Dell is working on a smart phone for AT&amp;T that runs Google&#8217;s Android system, report says]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dell-is-working-on-a-smart-phone-for-att-that-runs-googles-android-system-report-says/" />
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		<updated>2009-10-07T23:05:13Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-07T20:31:26Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Dell" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Telecommunications" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Communication Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Consumer Electronics" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Mobile Communications" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Seattle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Washington" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Report: Dell to make Android phone for AT&#038;T
SEATTLE — Dell Inc. is working on a "smart" phone for AT&#038;T that runs Google Inc.'s Android phone operating system, according to a newspaper report Wednesday.

The touch-screen phone could be ready early next year, The Wall Street Journal reported. Representatives for Dell, AT&#038;T Inc. and Google all declined [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Partho</name>
						<uri>http://blog.taragana.com/</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Is Windows Mobile 6.5 Comparable To iPhone]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/is-windows-mobile-65-comparable-to-iphone/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/?p=15495</id>
		<updated>2009-10-07T14:27:39Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-07T14:26:59Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Featured Article" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Mobile Phone" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows Mobile" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows Mobile 6.5" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows Phone" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Nearly two months ago, a Twitter message from Microsoft developers had leaked that Windows Mobile 6.5 OS is done. A day ago Microsoft celebrated Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Phone day. Microsoft is all set to launch a powerful campaign to endorse its Windows Phone brand and Windows Mobile 6.5. The Redmond company expects its [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[EU seeks feedback on Microsoft&#8217;s offer of several browsers, says it is prelude to a settlement]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-seeks-feedback-on-microsofts-offer-of-several-browsers-says-it-is-prelude-to-a-settlement/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-seeks-feedback-on-microsofts-offer-of-several-browsers-says-it-is-prelude-to-a-settlement/</id>
		<updated>2009-10-07T14:41:50Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-07T10:42:10Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Browser" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Dell" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Firefox" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Internet Explorer" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Opera" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Politics" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Vista" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Yahoo" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Bing" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Brussels" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computer Hardware" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computing And Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Consumer Electronics" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Europe" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Government Regulations" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Industry Regulation" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Industry Standards" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Ownership Changes" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Software" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[EU prepares to settle Microsoft browser case
BRUSSELS — European Union regulators said Wednesday they were preparing to settle a long and costly antitrust battle with Microsoft Corp. with a deal to give Windows users a choice of web browsers.

Microsoft promised the changes after the EU charged it with monopoly abuse for tying the Internet Explorer [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/eu-seeks-feedback-on-microsofts-offer-of-several-browsers-says-it-is-prelude-to-a-settlement/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jeremiah Marquez</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[AP explores service for online exclusives; CEO says Microsoft-Google war could help industry]]></title>
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		<updated>2009-10-06T21:25:52Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-06T21:24:39Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Yahoo" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Asia" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="China" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="East Asia" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Greater China" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Hong Kong" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Products And Services" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[AP might charge some customers to get news earlier
HONG KONG — The Associated Press is considering whether to sell news stories to some online customers exclusively for a certain period, perhaps half an hour, the head of the news organization said Tuesday.

The AP licenses its stories and photographs to many of the Internet's main hubs, [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Rachel Metz</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Ask.com rolling out deals service to gather coupons from discount sites, blogs, message boards]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/askcom-rolling-out-deals-service-to-gather-coupons-from-discount-sites-blogs-message-boards/" />
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		<updated>2009-10-06T04:04:26Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-06T04:04:26Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Bing" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computing And Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Software" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Ask.com mines online coupons with new aggregator
SAN FRANCISCO — Ask.com hopes to persuade consumers that are fond of discount Web sites to bring their bargain hunts to its search engine.

On Tuesday, Ask is rolling out Ask Deals, a service that will let visitors search for online coupons and bargains that it indexes from several dozen [...]]]></summary>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Partho</name>
						<uri>http://blog.taragana.com/</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[How to Get Windows 7 OEM License for Ultimate, Professional and Home Premium Editions Cheaply]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-get-windows-7-oem-license-for-ultimate-professional-and-home-premium-editions-cheaply/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/?p=15415</id>
		<updated>2009-10-05T14:01:20Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-05T14:01:20Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Featured Article" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="How To" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows 7" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="OEM license" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="OEM System Builder Channel software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="product key 2007" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Windows 7 is set for a grand release in less than a month. You much be looking for the best bargain to buy Windows 7 at cheapest price. Although the retail pricing of Windows 7 license for both Full Packaged Product (FPP) and Upgrade licenses have already been announced, there's an alternative license scheme from [...]]]></summary>
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		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-get-windows-7-oem-license-for-ultimate-professional-and-home-premium-editions-cheaply/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Marcia Dunn</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[&#8216;The Real Buzz,&#8217; Apollo 11&#8217;s Aldrin, welcomes Buzz Lightyear back to Earth in Disney parade]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-real-buzz-apollo-11s-aldrin-welcomes-buzz-lightyear-back-to-earth-in-disney-parade/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-real-buzz-apollo-11s-aldrin-welcomes-buzz-lightyear-back-to-earth-in-disney-parade/</id>
		<updated>2009-10-02T20:52:47Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-02T19:54:31Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Twitter" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Vista" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Florida" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Lake Buena Vista" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Leisure Travel" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Moon" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="NASA" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Recreation And Leisure" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Travel" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA['Real Buzz' welcomes Buzz Lightyear back to Earth
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Fresh from "infinity and beyond," Buzz Lightyear received a rocket hero's welcome home Friday, sharing the spotlight with none other than the astronaut for whom the character is named.

The 12-inch action figure that returned last month from a real 15-month space station mission [...]]]></summary>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[IBM tries to blow away Google&#8217;s &#8216;cloud-computing&#8217; campaign with low-cost e-mail for businesses]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibm-tries-to-blow-away-googles-cloud-computing-campaign-with-low-cost-e-mail-for-businesses/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibm-tries-to-blow-away-googles-cloud-computing-campaign-with-low-cost-e-mail-for-businesses/</id>
		<updated>2009-10-02T03:41:07Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-02T01:28:55Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Armonk" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Communication Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computing And Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Internet Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[IBM undercuts Google with discount e-mail service
SAN FRANCISCO — IBM Corp. is trying to stymie Google Inc.'s expansion into the business software market.

The weapon: a bare-bones e-mail service that IBM is selling to companies for $36 annually per worker, undercutting a more comprehensive package of software applications that Google sells for $50 per user annually.
For [...]]]></summary>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Comcast, Microsoft, Smithfield Foods, Xyratex, Saks are among big market movers Thursday]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/comcast-microsoft-smithfield-foods-xyratex-saks-are-among-big-market-movers-thursday/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/comcast-microsoft-smithfield-foods-xyratex-saks-are-among-big-market-movers-thursday/</id>
		<updated>2009-10-01T22:16:12Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-01T22:16:12Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="New York" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Comcast, Microsoft, Smithfield Foods big movers
NEW YORK — The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange:

NYSE:
Smithfield Foods Inc., down $1.18 at $12.62
The nation's largest hog producer and pork processor said its CEO sold 100,000 shares this week for personal financial reasons.
Constellation Brands Inc., up [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/comcast-microsoft-smithfield-foods-xyratex-saks-are-among-big-market-movers-thursday/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/comcast-microsoft-smithfield-foods-xyratex-saks-are-among-big-market-movers-thursday/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Google giving Web surfers more ways to slice up search results as Microsoft rivalry heats up]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-giving-web-surfers-more-ways-to-slice-up-search-results-as-microsoft-rivalry-heats-up/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-giving-web-surfers-more-ways-to-slice-up-search-results-as-microsoft-rivalry-heats-up/</id>
		<updated>2009-10-01T18:34:48Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-01T17:29:09Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Yahoo" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Bing" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="California" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computing And Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Mountain View" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Google refines search results to counter Microsoft
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc. is giving Web surfers a few more ways to refine their search results, signaling its resolve to ward off rival Microsoft Corp.'s aggressive campaign to lure traffic.

The changes announced Thursday might be hard to notice because they require clicking on a "show options" [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-giving-web-surfers-more-ways-to-slice-up-search-results-as-microsoft-rivalry-heats-up/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-giving-web-surfers-more-ways-to-slice-up-search-results-as-microsoft-rivalry-heats-up/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Arun Kumar</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Gates still Forbes&#8217; richest American, 4 Indians among top 400]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/gates-still-forbes-richest-american-4-indians-among-top-400/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/gates-still-forbes-richest-american-4-indians-among-top-400/</id>
		<updated>2009-10-01T13:15:40Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-01T13:15:40Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Programming" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sun" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="TCS" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="World" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Washington" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Four Indian Americans are among America's super-rich with Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates still holding the top spot on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans with a fortune of $50 billion. 

Warren Buffett, who's worth $40 billion, comes in No.2 in the Forbes magazine's annual ranking, followed by Oracle founder Lawrence Ellison [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/gates-still-forbes-richest-american-4-indians-among-top-400/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/gates-still-forbes-richest-american-4-indians-among-top-400/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jessica Mintz</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[How-to video for Windows 7 launch party hosts goes viral, and not in a good way for Microsoft]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-video-for-windows-7-launch-party-hosts-goes-viral-and-not-in-a-good-way-for-microsoft/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-video-for-windows-7-launch-party-hosts-goes-viral-and-not-in-a-good-way-for-microsoft/</id>
		<updated>2009-10-01T09:11:39Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-01T04:14:14Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computing And Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Seattle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Washington" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Microsoft video gets a little too much attention
SEATTLE — You almost have to feel bad for Microsoft. The software maker isn't known for hip marketing tactics, and now that a Windows 7 video has hit it big online, people are laughing at the company, not with it.

Few details for the launch of Microsoft Corp.'s next [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-video-for-windows-7-launch-party-hosts-goes-viral-and-not-in-a-good-way-for-microsoft/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-video-for-windows-7-launch-party-hosts-goes-viral-and-not-in-a-good-way-for-microsoft/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jessica Mintz</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Microsoft CEO Ballmer receives compensation package worth $1.28M in 2009, a 6 percent cut]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-ceo-ballmer-receives-compensation-package-worth-128m-in-2009-a-6-percent-cut/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-ceo-ballmer-receives-compensation-package-worth-128m-in-2009-a-6-percent-cut/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-30T12:16:03Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-30T12:16:03Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Corporate Governance" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Personnel" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Seattle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Washington" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Microsoft CEO's compensation down 6 percent in '09
SEATTLE — The value of the compensation package granted to Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer fell about 6 percent in fiscal 2009, a year in which weak computer sales cut into the software maker's profits.

Ballmer received a pay package valued at $1.28 million for the year that ended [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-ceo-ballmer-receives-compensation-package-worth-128m-in-2009-a-6-percent-cut/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-ceo-ballmer-receives-compensation-package-worth-128m-in-2009-a-6-percent-cut/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Microsoft to release full version of free Security Essentials antivirus software for PCs]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-to-release-full-version-of-free-security-essentials-antivirus-software-for-pcs/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-to-release-full-version-of-free-security-essentials-antivirus-software-for-pcs/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-30T11:04:37Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-30T11:04:37Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computer Security" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computer And Data Security" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computing And Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Redmond" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Washington" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Microsoft to release free antivirus PC software
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. says its new computer security program can be downloaded starting on Tuesday.

Microsoft Security Essentials, as the free antivirus software is called, has been available in a beta test version since June.
The software updates daily to stay current with the latest malicious programs, which can [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-to-release-full-version-of-free-security-essentials-antivirus-software-for-pcs/#comments" thr:count="1"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-to-release-full-version-of-free-security-essentials-antivirus-software-for-pcs/feed/atom/" thr:count="1"/>
		<thr:total>1</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Ians</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Reliance Communications ties up with Microsoft (Business Capsule)]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/reliance-communications-ties-up-with-microsoft-business-capsule/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/reliance-communications-ties-up-with-microsoft-business-capsule/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-30T11:04:31Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-30T11:04:31Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="TCS" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Mumbai" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Singapore" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[MUMBAI - Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications Wednesday said it has entered into a strategic alliance with Microsoft to offer Windows Mobile solution on its wireless networks.

As per the agreement, Microsoft will offer solutions like push email support, chat, photo-sharing, content back-up and other applications to Reliance customers.	 	
*-*	 	
Oil India scrip soars 9 percent on [...]]]></summary>
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		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/reliance-communications-ties-up-with-microsoft-business-capsule/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Yahoo board shrinking to 11 directors with resignation of Maggie Wilderotter at year&#8217;s end]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/yahoo-board-shrinking-to-11-directors-with-resignation-of-maggie-wilderotter-at-years-end/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/yahoo-board-shrinking-to-11-directors-with-resignation-of-maggie-wilderotter-at-years-end/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-25T22:28:37Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-25T21:33:52Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Yahoo" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="California" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Personnel" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sunnyvale" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Yahoo director to step down at end of year
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Yahoo Inc. director Maggie Wilderotter plans to step down from the slumping Internet company's board at the end of this year. The resignation will leave Yahoo with 11 directors.

The Sunnyvale-based company said Friday that Wilderotter is leaving to devote more time to her other [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/yahoo-board-shrinking-to-11-directors-with-resignation-of-maggie-wilderotter-at-years-end/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/yahoo-board-shrinking-to-11-directors-with-resignation-of-maggie-wilderotter-at-years-end/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Michael Liedtke</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[How tweet it is! Twitter gets $100 million more as founders try to build independent company]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-tweet-it-is-twitter-gets-100-million-more-as-founders-try-to-build-independent-company/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-tweet-it-is-twitter-gets-100-million-more-as-founders-try-to-build-independent-company/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-25T22:10:34Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-25T21:12:32Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Facebook" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Twitter" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="California" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computing And Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Internet Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Online Media" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Products And Services" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Something to tweet about: Twitter valued at $1B
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter Inc.'s founders now have a billion-dollar baby, and they seem determined to raise it without a corporate parent.

That was the message underlying Friday's news that Twitter has lined up $100 million to finance its operations while founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone plot ways [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-tweet-it-is-twitter-gets-100-million-more-as-founders-try-to-build-independent-company/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-tweet-it-is-twitter-gets-100-million-more-as-founders-try-to-build-independent-company/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Sony to launch motion controller for PlayStation 3 in spring 2010]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sony-to-launch-motion-controller-for-playstation-3-in-spring-2010/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sony-to-launch-motion-controller-for-playstation-3-in-spring-2010/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-24T15:30:04Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-24T15:30:04Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Consumer Electronics" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Entertainment And Media Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Game Consoles" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Games" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="New York" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Recreation And Leisure" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Sony to launch new motion controller next spring
NEW YORK — Sony is planning a spring release of its new motion controller for the PlayStation 3 video game console.

The controller, a prototype of which Sony unveiled in June, will work with the existing PlayStation Eye camera, which can track players' voices, faces and body motion. The [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sony-to-launch-motion-controller-for-playstation-3-in-spring-2010/#comments" thr:count="1"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sony-to-launch-motion-controller-for-playstation-3-in-spring-2010/feed/atom/" thr:count="1"/>
		<thr:total>1</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Tomoko A. Hosaka</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Video game makers gather in Tokyo to gear up for holiday push]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/video-game-makers-gather-in-tokyo-to-gear-up-for-holiday-push/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/video-game-makers-gather-in-tokyo-to-gear-up-for-holiday-push/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-24T14:05:12Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-24T14:05:12Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Asia" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Consumer Electronics" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="East Asia" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Entertainment And Media Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Game Consoles" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Game Shows" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Games" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Holidays" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Japan" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Occasions" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Odst" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Recessions And Depressions" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Recreation And Leisure" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Shopping" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Television Programs" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Tokyo" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Tokyo Game Show kicks off with turnaround hopes
TOKYO — The Tokyo Game Show, billed as the world's largest computer entertainment fest, kicked off Thursday with hopes that depressed sales of game consoles will enjoy a holiday resurrection.

Hurt by the global recession and few blockbuster releases, the video game industry has been in a slump for [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/video-game-makers-gather-in-tokyo-to-gear-up-for-holiday-push/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/video-game-makers-gather-in-tokyo-to-gear-up-for-holiday-push/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Nintendo says Wii price to drop $50 to $200 starting Sunday, in price-tie with low-end Xbox]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/nintendo-says-wii-price-to-drop-50-to-200-starting-sunday-in-price-tie-with-low-end-xbox/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/nintendo-says-wii-price-to-drop-50-to-200-starting-sunday-in-price-tie-with-low-end-xbox/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-24T02:55:21Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-24T02:16:12Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Consumer Electronics" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Entertainment And Media Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Game Consoles" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Games" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="New York" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Products And Services" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Recreation And Leisure" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Nintendo cutting Wii price by $50 to $200
NEW YORK — Nintendo on Sunday will cut the price of its popular Wii console by $50, in a bid to broaden its appeal among potential new customers as it prepares to release the Wii Fit-Plus and New Super Mario Bros. games.

The Wii, whose game control senses motions [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/nintendo-says-wii-price-to-drop-50-to-200-starting-sunday-in-price-tie-with-low-end-xbox/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/nintendo-says-wii-price-to-drop-50-to-200-starting-sunday-in-price-tie-with-low-end-xbox/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Tech blog Engadget says Wii price cut imminent, will drop by $50 to $200]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/tech-blog-engadget-says-wii-price-cut-imminent-will-drop-by-50-to-200/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/tech-blog-engadget-says-wii-price-cut-imminent-will-drop-by-50-to-200/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-23T18:54:32Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-23T15:33:58Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Consumer Electronics" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Entertainment And Media Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Game Consoles" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Games" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="New York" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Recreation And Leisure" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Engadget blog: Wii nears price cut by $50 to $200
NEW YORK — A $50 price cut may be imminent for Nintendo's popular Wii gaming console.

Tech blog Engadget said in a posting late Tuesday that the Wii, which has cost about $250 since its 2006 launch, will see its price drop to $200 beginning Sunday.
Engadget, which [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/tech-blog-engadget-says-wii-price-cut-imminent-will-drop-by-50-to-200/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/tech-blog-engadget-says-wii-price-cut-imminent-will-drop-by-50-to-200/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Advertising blitz: Yahoo to spend more than $100 million in latest attempt to rejuvenate brand]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/advertising-blitz-yahoo-to-spend-more-than-100-million-in-latest-attempt-to-rejuvenate-brand/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/advertising-blitz-yahoo-to-spend-more-than-100-million-in-latest-attempt-to-rejuvenate-brand/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-22T23:35:50Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-22T18:37:30Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Facebook" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Twitter" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Yahoo" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Corporate Spending" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="New York" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Ownership Changes" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Recessions And Depressions" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Yahoo to spend $100M in bid for more brand buzz
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. believes a lot of its good work has been overlooked by investors and the media so it's spending more than $100 million to get the word out to consumers directly.

The money is going toward the Internet company's most expensive marketing campaign [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/advertising-blitz-yahoo-to-spend-more-than-100-million-in-latest-attempt-to-rejuvenate-brand/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/advertising-blitz-yahoo-to-spend-more-than-100-million-in-latest-attempt-to-rejuvenate-brand/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jordan Robertson</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Intel CEO: PC sales pulling out of slump fast, could defy predictions and rise this year]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/intel-ceo-pc-sales-pulling-out-of-slump-fast-could-defy-predictions-and-rise-this-year/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/intel-ceo-pc-sales-pulling-out-of-slump-fast-could-defy-predictions-and-rise-this-year/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-22T21:09:08Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-22T16:35:40Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Dell" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Fall" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Personnel" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Intel CEO: PC sales could rise in 2009
SAN FRANCISCO — The worldwide personal-computer market is pulling out of its slump quickly and could defy predictions by growing this year, Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini said Tuesday.

Otellini's comments at a conference Tuesday were more bullish than many analysts have been. Market research firms IDC and Gartner [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/intel-ceo-pc-sales-pulling-out-of-slump-fast-could-defy-predictions-and-rise-this-year/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/intel-ceo-pc-sales-pulling-out-of-slump-fast-could-defy-predictions-and-rise-this-year/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Dipankar De Sarkar</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Hopes rise of many new Tata jobs after Britain announces loan]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/hopes-rise-of-many-new-tata-jobs-after-britain-announces-loan/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/hopes-rise-of-many-new-tata-jobs-after-britain-announces-loan/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-22T11:15:16Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-22T11:15:16Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Vista" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="World" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="London" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[LONDON - Hopes of new jobs have risen in Britain again after the government announced a loan of 10 million pounds to Tata Motors to manufacture an electric version of its Indica Vista car in this country.

But a source close to Tata Motors gave a measured response Tuesday, saying there will be "a few" new [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/hopes-rise-of-many-new-tata-jobs-after-britain-announces-loan/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/hopes-rise-of-many-new-tata-jobs-after-britain-announces-loan/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Michael Liedtke</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Newspapers expected to open Internet toll booths this fall as publishers test online fees]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/newspapers-expected-to-open-internet-toll-booths-this-fall-as-publishers-test-online-fees/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/newspapers-expected-to-open-internet-toll-booths-this-fall-as-publishers-test-online-fees/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-21T16:04:04Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-20T17:05:14Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Facebook" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Oracle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Twitter" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="New York" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Products And Services" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Sports" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Want to read all about it online? It may cost you
SAN FRANCISCO — With their advertising revenue drying up, newspaper publishers spent much of the spring and summer debating whether to cut off free online access to some of the material they run in their shrinking print editions.

It looks like the talk will turn to [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/newspapers-expected-to-open-internet-toll-booths-this-fall-as-publishers-test-online-fees/#comments" thr:count="1"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/newspapers-expected-to-open-internet-toll-booths-this-fall-as-publishers-test-online-fees/feed/atom/" thr:count="1"/>
		<thr:total>1</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Michael Liedtke</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Justice Department tells judge Google&#8217;s digital book deal raises significant legal concerns]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/justice-department-tells-judge-googles-digital-book-deal-raises-significant-legal-concerns/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/justice-department-tells-judge-googles-digital-book-deal-raises-significant-legal-concerns/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-19T07:27:31Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-19T04:25:41Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Politics" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Yahoo" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Government Regulations" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Industry Regulation" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Feds balk at Google book deal, hopes for changes
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Justice Department advised a federal judge Friday that a proposed legal settlement giving Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books threatens to thwart competition and drive up prices unless it's revised.

The brief filed in New York federal court marks [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/justice-department-tells-judge-googles-digital-book-deal-raises-significant-legal-concerns/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/justice-department-tells-judge-googles-digital-book-deal-raises-significant-legal-concerns/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Michael Liedtke</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[US Justice Department tells judge Google&#8217;s digital book deal raises significant legal concerns]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/us-justice-department-tells-judge-googles-digital-book-deal-raises-significant-legal-concerns/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/us-justice-department-tells-judge-googles-digital-book-deal-raises-significant-legal-concerns/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-19T04:20:33Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-19T04:20:33Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Politics" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Yahoo" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Government Regulations" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Industry Regulation" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[DOJ balks at Google book deal, hopes for changes
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Justice Department advised a federal judge Friday that a proposed legal settlement giving Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books threatens to thwart competition and drive up prices unless it's revised.

The brief filed in New York federal court marks [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/us-justice-department-tells-judge-googles-digital-book-deal-raises-significant-legal-concerns/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/us-justice-department-tells-judge-googles-digital-book-deal-raises-significant-legal-concerns/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[State wildlife agents: Unconfirmed cougar sighting on Microsoft&#8217;s Redmond campus]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/state-wildlife-agents-unconfirmed-cougar-sighting-on-microsofts-redmond-campus/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/state-wildlife-agents-unconfirmed-cougar-sighting-on-microsofts-redmond-campus/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-19T01:28:43Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-19T01:28:43Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Animals" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Mammals" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Redmond" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Washington" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[State: Cougar reported on Microsoft campus
REDMOND, Wash. — Wildlife officials say there has been a report of a cougar wandering Microsoft's campus in Redmond.

Capt. Bill Hebner (HEEB'-ner) of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife says employees of the software company contacted his agency to report the sighting.
Hebner says agents have not been able to [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/state-wildlife-agents-unconfirmed-cougar-sighting-on-microsofts-redmond-campus/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/state-wildlife-agents-unconfirmed-cougar-sighting-on-microsofts-redmond-campus/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gets base salary bump in 2009 even as profit sinks 17 percent]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-ceo-steve-ballmer-gets-base-salary-bump-in-2009-even-as-profit-sinks-17-percent/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-ceo-steve-ballmer-gets-base-salary-bump-in-2009-even-as-profit-sinks-17-percent/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-19T09:08:28Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-18T22:12:06Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Personnel" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Redmond" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Seattle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Washington" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Microsoft CEO Ballmer's salary up 4 percent in '09
SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. raised CEO Steve Ballmer's salary by 4 percent at the start of fiscal 2009, a year in which the software maker's profit declined 17 percent as the economic meltdown decimated personal computer sales.

Ballmer's salary rose to $665,883 from $640,833, according to a preliminary [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-ceo-steve-ballmer-gets-base-salary-bump-in-2009-even-as-profit-sinks-17-percent/#comments" thr:count="1"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-ceo-steve-ballmer-gets-base-salary-bump-in-2009-even-as-profit-sinks-17-percent/feed/atom/" thr:count="1"/>
		<thr:total>1</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Microsoft files 5 lawsuits over &#8216;malicious&#8217; online advertising]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-files-5-lawsuits-over-malicious-online-advertising/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-files-5-lawsuits-over-malicious-online-advertising/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-18T19:19:55Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-18T16:07:03Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computing And Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="New York" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Microsoft sues over 'malicious' online advertising
NEW YORK — Microsoft Corp. has filed five lawsuits aimed at halting the flow of malicious online advertising.

The Redmond, Wash., software maker filed the claims Thursday in Washington state court against five unknown individuals under the business names Soft Solutions, DirectAd, qiweroqw.com, ITmeter INC. and ote2008.info.
Microsoft's associate general counsel, Tim [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-files-5-lawsuits-over-malicious-online-advertising/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Google draws upon expertise in search advertising to sell more visual marketing messages]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-draws-upon-expertise-in-search-advertising-to-sell-more-visual-marketing-messages/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-draws-upon-expertise-in-search-advertising-to-sell-more-visual-marketing-messages/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-18T08:31:39Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-18T04:03:15Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="AdSense" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Adwords" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Yahoo" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="California" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computing And Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Mountain View" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="San Francisco" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Google injects search savvy into display ad system
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. is counting on the crown jewel of its online advertising empire to burnish a diamond in the rough.

Hoping to take an even bigger bite out of ad budgets, Google has melded the technology powering its lucrative search marketing network with a system that [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-draws-upon-expertise-in-search-advertising-to-sell-more-visual-marketing-messages/#comments" thr:count="3"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-draws-upon-expertise-in-search-advertising-to-sell-more-visual-marketing-messages/feed/atom/" thr:count="3"/>
		<thr:total>3</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[A look at the world&#8217;s 10 most valuable brands in 2009]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-look-at-the-worlds-10-most-valuable-brands-in-2009/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-look-at-the-worlds-10-most-valuable-brands-in-2009/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-18T04:38:13Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-17T22:03:55Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="IBM" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The world's 10 most valuable brands in 2009
Here's a look at the world's top 10 most valuable brands:

1. Coca-Cola, up 3 percent to $68.73 billion
2. IBM, up 2 percent to $60.21 billion
3. Microsoft, down 4 percent to $56.65 billion
4. GE, down 10 percent to $47.78 billion
5. Nokia, down 3 percent to $34.87 billion
6. McDonald's, up [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-look-at-the-worlds-10-most-valuable-brands-in-2009/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-look-at-the-worlds-10-most-valuable-brands-in-2009/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>soumitra</name>
						<uri>http://blog.taragana.com/</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Project 2010]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-project-2010/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/?p=14988</id>
		<updated>2009-09-17T10:18:40Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-17T10:18:40Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Company" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Featured Article" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft Project 2010" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Project 2010 is announced as the latest step in its next wave of Microsoft Office 2010 related products such as Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft Exchange 2010, and Microsoft Visio 2010. Microsoft expects that this will give users a consistent experience across the PC, mobile phone and browser. They also boasted that this latest [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-project-2010/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-project-2010/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bureau News</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Microsoft suggests Office Live Workspace as way for classes to go on in event of flu epidemic]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-suggests-office-live-workspace-as-way-for-classes-to-go-on-in-event-of-flu-epidemic/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-suggests-office-live-workspace-as-way-for-classes-to-go-on-in-event-of-flu-epidemic/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-16T18:43:20Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-16T18:42:07Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Society" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Computing And Information Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Disease Outbreaks" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Diseases And Conditions" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Distance Learning" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Education" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Infectious Diseases" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="North America" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Products And Services" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Public Health" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Seattle" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="United States" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Washington" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Microsoft urges Web learning in case of swine flu
SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. says it can help schools get through swine flu.

The company is promoting its free online service for storing files and collaborating on projects as a way for teachers to keep classes on track even if schools close because of a flu outbreak.
Microsoft has [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-suggests-office-live-workspace-as-way-for-classes-to-go-on-in-event-of-flu-epidemic/#comments" thr:count="1"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-suggests-office-live-workspace-as-way-for-classes-to-go-on-in-event-of-flu-epidemic/feed/atom/" thr:count="1"/>
		<thr:total>1</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Partho</name>
						<uri>http://blog.taragana.com/</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[10 Newest Free software in 2009 for Windows 7 and Vista]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/10-newest-free-software-in-2009-for-windows-7-and-vista/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/?p=14895</id>
		<updated>2009-09-16T06:03:30Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-15T14:59:24Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Featured Article" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Headline News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Top 10" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Vista" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows 7" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="newest Windows 7 software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="newest Windows vista software" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows 7 free software" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Those who had thought Windows 7 was just a cosmetic upgrade of Vista couldn't have been more wrong.  Windows 7 is packed with new and enhanced features, which has taken the performance and productivity of Microsoft's OS to the next level. Windows 7 is all set for grand release in a month and we can [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/10-newest-free-software-in-2009-for-windows-7-and-vista/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/10-newest-free-software-in-2009-for-windows-7-and-vista/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Partho</name>
						<uri>http://blog.taragana.com/</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Windows 7 for Enterprise Guide]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/windows-7-for-enterprise-guide/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/?p=14870</id>
		<updated>2009-09-15T11:19:25Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-15T11:19:25Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Enterprise Software and Services" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Featured Article" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Headline News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows 7" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows 7 Enterprise" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Windows 7 Enterprise Edition" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Windows 7 Enterprise edition is the most advanced Windows operating system designed to meet the demands of enterprise customers.  The Enterprise edition is a segment of Windows Optimized Desktop that includes the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) tools and will only be available to customers with Microsoft Software Assurance. Windows 7 offers advanced data protection, [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/windows-7-for-enterprise-guide/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/windows-7-for-enterprise-guide/feed/atom/" thr:count="0"/>
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Ani</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Microsoft introduces visual search for Bing.com]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-introduces-visual-search-for-bingcom/" />
		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-introduces-visual-search-for-bingcom/</id>
		<updated>2009-09-15T08:22:33Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-15T07:45:06Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="News" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="London" /><category scheme="http://blog.taragana.com" term="Travel" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[LONDON - Software giant Microsoft has introduced visual search for its search engine Bing.com, in order to further set itself apart from market leader Google.

According to a report by BBC News, the new feature will let users browse results using pictures instead of text.
Visual search will concentrate on four main areas: travel, health, leisure and [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-introduces-visual-search-for-bingcom/#comments" thr:count="2"/>
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-introduces-visual-search-for-bingcom/feed/atom/" thr:count="2"/>
		<thr:total>2</thr:total>
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